With 19 millionaire finance directors now officially occupying the FTSE-350 it is clear that UK plc is having to dig deep to pay for the considerable talents a competent FD brings to the table.
Increases in regulation, the emergence of international accounting standards and improvements in corporate governance all add to the FD's workload. Expect a few more millionaire FDs in next year's survey.
We have gathered together the last five years salary surveys below so you can see how things looked back in the heady days of 2001, compared with how they do today.
Click here to download a full PDF of the 2005 survey.
As ever our thanks go out to BoardEx, the international boardroom analysis specialists, for providing all the data.
To access the 2004 FD Salary Survey click here.
To access the 2003 FD Salary Survey click here.